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won't let it go, or rather, won't let her go."
    Jade grunted, "They never do. What we have here is a case of my brothers not knowing when to chill. Again. Danny is wound tight, and he doesn't even realize they are both so in love with each other, they don't even see anyone else around them. Zach said he has tried to talk to him, but Danny says that nothing has changed. He's in such denial."
    "Sandi needs a break, a girls' night out. When and where? And how do we get her away from Danny?" Traci asked.
    For the next hour, the wedding was set aside, and the girls hashed out their plan. Sandi was breakin’ out.
     

     
    It was Friday night, and the JT's was hopping. Jade had booked a band from Denver that was popular, and it seemed everyone had turned out to hear them. Sandi was helping bus tables and taking orders in between. At one point, Jade and Traci got her attention and asked her to take a break with them in the back. Jade told Danny it was a girls only. He shrugged and went back out to sit with Jared and Zach, who were laughing and drinking a beer.
    Sandi went into Jade and Traci's office and collapsed on the couch. "Man, it’s busy tonight. My feet are killing me!"
    "Sandi, I don't think we tell you often enough how much we appreciate you and what you do for us. You are so wonderful. We have never made a better decision than to make you manager. You were the best choice. Thank you," Traci told her as she sat on the couch next to her.
    Jade leaned on the desk facing the two girls, and said, "I second that, you are the best! I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't come along. You have allowed me to have time with my man, which is most important, in his training and Traci has time with Jared, ew, not going there," she said with a wink.
    "You guys are too much," Sandi said. "It was fate when I broke down here and found you two. You are my best friends, and I love you and I’m so happy that you both have finally found happiness." Although she meant every word she said, she felt a twinge when she said it. She wanted to be happy like her friends, she wanted forever with her man. That wasn’t to be it seemed.
    "Well, we are here to help. We know that with all the crazy business you have been having, being cooped up can drive you nuts. Don't forget what I went through not that long ago. I know how it is," Traci said. Everyone knew now that she could handle herself after what happened to her, she was one tough cookie with a flame!
    "Yeah, we have a plan to give you some time out," Jade told her. "We are going to sneak you to Denver with us, so we can let loose and have some fun. Frank and Evan are even going to come, too."
    Sandi grinned when she heard that she might get a night of freedom. She loved Frank and Evan as well. She was so excited to be able to go out and have some fun with her friends. "That's great, what do you mean, plan? Doesn't Jared and Danny know about this?" She saw Jade grimace and look at Traci.
    Traci answered, "Well, not exactly. They are still trying to find out who did this to you. We can tell you are going stir crazy and thought a little sneak out couldn't hurt. So what do you say, are you in?"
    Sandi thought about it for a moment and then said, "Oh, I am so in, when, where, and how?"
    Both girls laughed and Jade replied, "Well, here's how we see it..."
    They talked for the next fifteen minutes about the plan, including how they would get to Denver and back. Frank and Evan were going to pick them up so the girls only had to distract one of the other deputies. Once they had everything worked out, Sandi went back out to work the tables, and the girls went to their men. Distraction was key. The night was set, tomorrow Sandi would be free.
     

     
    Sandi finished closing and then turned to see Danny checking the lock on the entrance door.
    When he turned, he said, "Ready?"
    It seemed they had fallen into a routine of sorts, so she did what she always did and nodded. He walked towards her and